Why Is Everything Made Of Atoms?

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Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/historyoftheuniverse The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name. This video has been sponsored by Wren. ------------------------------------------- Researched and Written by Colin Stuart Check out his superb Astrophysics for Beginners course here: https://www.colinstuart.net/astrophysics-course-for-beginners-introduction-online/ Narrated and Edited by David Kelly Animations by Manuel Rubio Incredible thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza, the GOAT: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Proton visualization courtesy of MIT, Jefferson Labs, and Sputnik Animation, Copyright © MIT and Jefferson Lab, 2021, All Rights Reserved Stock footage taken from Videoblocks and Artgrid, music from Epidemic Sound, Artlist and Silver Maple. Space imagery also used from NASA and ESO. Image Credits: Heavy Ion Collider By Z22 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61544972 Dark Energy Survey By Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgments: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab) - https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2118a/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106681491 00:00 Introduction 05:06 The First Light In The Universe 12:17 The Weirdest Object In The Universe 25:59 Seeing The Big Bang 35:55 Why Atoms? #recombination #quantum